#72AFAB#72AFAB

#72AFAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.063 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFAB
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 171)
HSL	hsl(176, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(176, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -20.54, -4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 20.97, 191.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0623 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.063 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6175, 37.1758, 44.1352)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFAB #AF7276

analogous

#72AF8D #72AFAB #7295AF

triadic

#72AFAB #AB72AF #AFAB72

tetradic

#72AFAB #8D72AF #AF7276 #95AF72

square

#72AFAB #8D72AF #AF7276 #95AF72

split-complementary

#72AFAB #AF7295 #AF8D72

monochromatic

#3C6A67 #52918D #72AFAB #99C5C2 #C0DBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#72AFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#72AFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFAB

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFAB	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BB2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.063 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc7c4',
    500: '#72afab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afab;
$custom-light: #9dc7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.066,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71136,
    "c": 0.06338,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFAB

secondary

#CBB2B4

accent

#646AC4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFAB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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